{"id":329,"date":"2025-11-14T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T23:53:09","slug":"consular-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/the-embassy\/embassy-sections\/consular-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Consular Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Consular Office handles consular and legal affairs.Among the tasks of the Consular Office are also family law affairs, eg. registration of births, name declarations, certification of signatures and copies of eg. applications for certificates of inheritance, as well as the assistance of Greek prisoners and the support of Greek nationals in emergency situations and intergovernmental legal assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information with regard to the services provided by the consular office, visit the<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/services\/\">relevant section of our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from the Consular Office in Washington, D.C., the Hellenic Republic has six General Consulates in the United States (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-general-in-boston\/\">Boston<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-general-in-chicago\/\">Chicago<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-general-in-los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-general-in-new-york\/\">New York<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-general-in-san-francisco\/\">San Francisco<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-general-in-tampa\/\">Tampa<\/a>) and two more Consulates in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-in-atlanta\/\">Atlanta<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/consulate-in-houston\/\">Houston<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>States of Jurisdiction:<\/strong>&nbsp;Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia<br><br><strong>WORKING HOURS:<\/strong>&nbsp;MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 08.30-16.30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PUBLIC HOURS:<\/strong>&nbsp;MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 09.30-14.30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Michael\u00a0<strong>SKOPELITIS<\/strong><br>Consul <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Flora\u00a0<strong>KALOGIROU<\/strong><br>Administrative Secretary<br>(Financial Management, Driving License Conversion, Health Care Issues, Power of Attorney, Letter of No Objection, Household Effects Certificate)<br><br>Mr. Vasileios\u00a0<strong>GEORGIOU<\/strong><br>Administrative Secretary<br>(Passports, Visas)<br><br>Mr. Lambros <strong>CHRISTODOULOPOULOS<\/strong><br>Administrative Secretary<br>(Citizenship, Registration of Birth \u2013 Marriage \u2013 Death, Transfer of Human Remains, Military Service Issues)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"module module-missions\"><div class=\"grid gap-6\"><div class=\"p-8 bg-paper-grey w-full flex flex-col gap-4\"><h4 class=\"underline uppercase text-12 text-dark-blue underline-offset-8\">Washington<\/h4><h3 class=\"title text-midnight-blue\">Consular Office<\/h3><div class=\"body text-dark-grey\">2217, Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington D.C. 20008<\/div><div class=\"body text-dark-grey flex flex-col\"><div class=\"flex\"><span>Tel:<\/span><span>+1 202 939 1300<\/span><\/div><div class=\"flex\"><span>Fax:<\/span><span>+1 202 939 1324<\/span><\/div><div class=\"flex\"><span>Time Difference:<\/span><span>-7<\/span><\/div><div class=\"flex\"><span>Working Hours:<\/span><span>08:30-16:30<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex flex-col font-semibold\"><a href=\"mailto:grcon.was@mfa.gr\" class=\"underline text-bright-blue hover:text-light-blue\">grcon.was@mfa.gr<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/the-embassy\/sections\/consular-office.html\" class=\"underline text-bright-blue hover:text-light-blue\">Website<\/a><div class=\"text-dark-grey\"><ul class=\"!pl-0 flex gap-4 items-center h-full list-none\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"text-dark-grey\"><pre class=\"font-sans whitespace-normal\">Head of the Consular Office: Michael Skopelitis, Third Secretary of Embassy<\/pre><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Consular Office handles consular and legal affairs.Among the tasks of the Consular Office are also family law affairs, eg. registration of births, name declarations, certification of signatures and copies of eg. applications for certificates of inheritance, as well as the assistance of Greek prisoners and the support of Greek nationals in emergency situations and 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